Criterion Originals
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The Craft of Acting: Brian Cox
From Shakespeare to SUCCESSION, Scottish actor Brian Cox has carved out a distinguished, six-decade-plus career on both stage and screen, along the way winning two Olivier Awards, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe. In this edition of the Craft of Acting, Cox sits down with writer Issac Butler ("The Met...
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Queersighted: Coming of Age
This conversation between series curator Michael Koresky and director Jane Schoenbrun was recorded in 2025.
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The Craft of Acting: Ethan Hawke
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1 seasonSpike Lee’s Adventures in Moviegoing
1 season
Always bold, subversive, and razor-sharp, auteur and cultural icon Spike Lee sees the complexities of life in America with a clarity like no other. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits down with Sheril Antonio, his colleague at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, to disc...
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Tim Blake Nelson Interview
Get to know Tim Blake Nelson, whose versatile directing career has run in parallel to his acclaimed acting work. In the following interview, Nelson discusses a transformative early encounter with the films of Sergio Leone, his experiences learning from other filmmakers as an actor, and his motiva...
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Payal Kapadia Interview
This interview with director Payal Kapadia was recorded in 2024.
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Spotlight on French Poetic Realism
The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2024.
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John Waters’ Adventures in Moviegoing
1 season
A sui generis icon of counterculture cinema and style, John Waters upends traditional notions of “good taste” and heteronormative social conventions with a gleefully transgressive mix of camp humor, outrageous provocation, and daring empathy. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, he sits d...
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Wim Wenders Interview
This interview with filmmaker Wim Wenders was recorded in 2024.
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Spotlight on Kinuyo Tanaka
This program with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2024.
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Spotlight on Terry Southern
Get to know the writer who brought a subversive edge to Hollywood in the 1960s. Nile Southern explores the career of his father, Terry Southern, who lent a provocative charge to films like EASY RIDER and BARBARELLA, recounting how he got his big break by collaborating on DR. STRANGELOVE with Stan...
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Greta Gerwig’s Adventures in Moviegoing
1 season
From indie darling to helmer of 2023’s biggest (and pinkest) blockbuster, Greta Gerwig has blazed a unique trail by remaining true to her idiosyncratic voice—forged by a lifelong passion for literature, theater, and dance—at every step of her evolution. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing...
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Spotlight on Japanese Noir
The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2020.
